Salary and Benefits

Salary Range: $5,355.00 per month to $7,801.00 per month. PLEASE NOTE: The starting salary placement depends on qualifications and experience and is anticipated to be in the range of $5,355.00 per month to $6,528.00 per month.

Cal State East Bay offers a broad range of benefits that includes medical, dental, vision, retirement (CalPERS), 401k, 457, 403(b), dependent and health care reimbursement accounts, life insurance, vacation and sick, 14 paid holidays, one personal holiday and tuition fee waiver.

For more information on the benefits program, please visit our benefits website. The CSU Total Compensation Calculator demonstrates the significance of our benefits package.

Classification

Facilities Maintenance Mechanic 

About Cal State East Bay

Cal State East Bay's beautiful main campus is located in the Hayward hills with panoramic views of the San Francisco Bay shoreline. Situated above the city of Hayward, the campus offers an ideal setting for teaching and learning and yet easy access to the many cities along the bay. The University has a satellite campus in Concord, a professional development center in Oakland and a significant presence online. Founded in 1957, Cal State East Bay is one of 23 universities of the California State University system (CSU). Cal State East Bay is recognized as a regionally engaged and globally oriented university with a strong commitment to academic innovation, student success, engaged and service learning, diversity, and sustainability.

About the Position

Please Note: Review of applications will begin on October 10, 2025.

The Facilities Maintenance Mechanic is a skilled generalist, performing at a journey-level in one trade with strong skills in other trades. Incumbents independently perform a variety of skilled preventive and general maintenance, repair, construction, and renovation work on facilities and systems. The Facilities Maintenance Mechanic is distinguished from the Facilities Worker classifications by the independent performance of skilled, journey-level trade work, particularly in the electro-mechanical trades.

Incumbents typically operate, test, install, repair and perform corrective and preventive maintenance on mechanical facilities equipment and systems including HVAC and plumbing systems; perform electrical maintenance and repair work including work on low voltage control systems; use computerized maintenance systems to ensure preventive maintenance program objectives are met; perform a wide range of facilities renovation, maintenance, and repair work; estimate costs of materials and labor; determine the priority for requisitioning materials and supplies; may perform welding to make repairs and fabricate and construct parts; may monitor contractor performance and work progress; respond to routine maintenance and service requests; and provide instruction and direction to unskilled and semi-skilled assistants.

Typical work includes skilled and semi-skilled mason work; select and prepare lists of materials for jobs; order concrete; maintain stock materials; inspect mason work to ensure it meets quality requirements and specifications; maintain work records, timecards and material requisitions.

Responsibilities

Service Calls-Work 

• Replacement/repair of blinds.
• Replacement/repair of screens.
• Replacement of lights/ballasts/switches.
• Replacement/repair of exterior lighting.
• Replacement/repair of floor tile.
• Replacement of filters.
• Replacement/fabrication of signage.
• Response to hot/cold calls.
• Replacement of bulletin boards.
• Replacement of minor door hardware.
• Mover assistance/seismic bracing.
• Plumbing fixture installation.
• Keyboard repair installation.
• Replacement of ceiling tiles.
• Smoke detector maintenance.

Preventative Maintenance 

• Scheduled minor carpentry inspections and tasks.
• Scheduled minor plumbing inspections and tasks.
• Scheduled minor electrical inspections and tasks.
• Scheduled minor painting inspections and tasks.
• Scheduled minor mechanical inspection and tasks.

Projects/Alterations

• Customer Driven
• Time Sensitive

Training 

• Asbestos O&M
• Lead Training
• Aerial/Scissor Lift Training
• Departmental Meetings
• Confined Space
• Attend mandatory tailgate meetings
• Mandatory CSU/Cal State East Bay training
• Staying abreast of new methods and technology

Time Keeping/Reports 

• Ordering material and supplies using the department MSR form.
• Shop Clean-up
• Daily timecard submission.
• Vacation and overtime forms submission.

Minimum Qualifications

Knowledge 

• Work requires thorough knowledge of the methods, materials, equipment and tools used in one skilled trade area.
• Working knowledge of materials, methods, equipment and tools in related trade areas pertaining to facilities, systems, construction and renovation.
• Thorough knowledge of generally accepted trade practices in trade specialty.
• Working knowledge of computerized maintenance and building automation systems.
• Working knowledge of applicable building and safety codes and regulations related to facilities, systems and renovations.

Abilities 

• Must be able to demonstrate journey-level skill in one trade and strong skills in other applicable trades.
• Operate construction and related equipment.
• Use considerable judgment and discretion in performing duties.
• Read, interpret and work from blueprints, plans, drawings, and specifications.
• Make rough sketches; estimate cost, time and materials of maintenance, repair and renovation work.
• Maintain records and retrieve data related to work performed using manual and/or computerized record-keeping system.
• Prepare standard reports.
• Provide instruction to unskilled and semi-skilled assistants.
• Analyze and respond to emergency situations.
• Perform arithmetic calculations as required by the position.
• Demonstrate the ability to understand and respond clearly in written and oral language.

Experience

• These abilities normally would be acquired through four years of increasingly responsible experience leading to journey-level skills in a mechanical or facilities/building trade, or any equivalent combination of training and experience as a facilities and systems mechanic which demonstrates the achievement of journey-level skills equivalent to that acquired through completion of an applicable apprenticeship program.

Required Qualifications

• General knowledge of Cal OSHA regulations.
• Demonstrate understanding and comply with the current Teamsters Unit 6 bargaining agreement.
• Ability to effectively listen and understand sensitivity and awareness in relating to individuals of diverse backgrounds.
• Work with trust and respect, and ability to manage conflict constructively.
• Ability to anticipate conditions/plan ahead; ability to establish priorities and meet deadlines.
• Willingness to take on new projects/methods, willingness to support organizational goals, flexibility in response to changing circumstances and other duties as assigned.
• Excellent customer service skills. 
• Specific physical and/or environmental working conditions that relate to the essential requirements of the position:
  • Employee must be able to work in high locations on ladders, scaffolds, motorized equipment, etc.
  • Employee must be able to work in confined spaces.
  • Employee must be able to work in varying climatic conditions, to include inclement weather.
  • Employee must be able to wear a respirator.
  • Some work on weekends and holidays maybe required, and the work week will be adjusted accordingly. 
  • May be required to work alone is working conditions dictate. 
  • Position may be needed during campus emergencies such as power outages, minor and major natural disasters, pandemics, etc.

Special Conditions 

Under the general direction of a bargaining unit supervisor and/or lead, Maintenance Mechanics will be assigned to a unique and newly formed Facilities Response Team (FRT). 

The objective of the FRT is to serve as the first line of response for campus repair requests and to handle non-journey-level tasks in each trade shop. This allows our journey-level trades workers to focus on more technical and complex assignments.

The FRT members will respond to assigned TMA work orders and a 5-year scheduled maintenance plan in an effort to create and promote a predictive method to address CSU East Bay’s aged infrastructure. The FRT members will independently perform a wide-range of semi-skilled and basic-skilled facilities maintenance, repairs, alterations and construction work resulting in minor non-journey level repairs of electrical, painting, carpentry, plumbing, HVAC and mechanical systems.  As needed FRT members will be assigned as necessary to support shop workloads.  Typical duties are listed in goals responsibilities and work activities of the position.

Condition(s) of Employment

Satisfactory completion of a background check (including LiveScan, as appropriate), that may include, but is not limited to: criminal records check, verification of academic credentials, licenses, certificates, credit history, professional references and/or verification of work history is required for employment.  Cal State East Bay will issue a conditional offer of employment to the selected candidate, which may be rescinded if the background check reveals disqualifying information, and/or it is discovered that the candidate knowingly withheld or falsified information. Unsatisfactory results may also affect the continued employment of current Cal State East Bay employees who were conditionally offered the position.

All background checks are conducted through the university's third party vendor, Accurate. LiveScan is conducted through the University Police Department.

EEO Statement

All university programs and activities are open and available to all regardless of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin. Consistent with California law and federal civil rights laws, Cal State, East Bay provides equal opportunity in education and employment without unlawful discrimination or preferential treatment based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin. Our commitment to equal opportunity means ensuring that every student and employee has access to the resources and support they need to thrive and succeed in a university environment and in their communities. The CSU complies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, the California Equity in Higher Education Act, California’s  Proposition 209 (Art. I, Section 31 of the California Constitution), other applicable state and federal anti-discrimination laws, and CSU’s Nondiscrimination Policy. We prohibit discriminatory preferential treatment, segregation based on race or any other protected status, and all forms of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation in all university programs, policies, and practices.

Other Information

All California State University campuses, including Cal State East Bay, are smoke and tobacco-free.  For more information, please visit our website here.

In compliance with state and federal crime awareness and campus security legislation, including The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act, the Cal State East Bay Annual Campus Security Report is available here. 

Sponsorship

Cal State East Bay is not a sponsoring agency for Staff or Management positions and we are not an E-Verify employer.

Mandated Reporter

The incumbent in this position may be considered a mandated reporter under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and will be required to comply with requirements set forth in the CSU Executive Order 1083 as a condition of employment.